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Aldanella remota

Helcionelloida - Pelagiellida - Aldanellidae

Taxonomy
Straparollina remota was named by Billings (1872). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Red Limestone, Smith’s Sound, which is in a Branchian carbonate limestone in the Brigus Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Aldanella remota by Landing (1988), Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Straparollina remota Billings p. 471 figs. 7a-b
1988Aldanella remota Landing p. 673
2023Aldanella remota Wagner p. 5512

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classHelcionelloidaPeel 1991
orderPelagiellidaMacKinnon 1985
familyAldanellidae
genusAldanella
speciesremota()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Aldanella remota Billings 1872
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 08:24:23
Modified: 2009-03-16 10:24:23
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Gubanov et al. 2004

Age range: Branchian or 516.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Branchian516.2 - 506.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Straparollina remota (type locality: 99574)